On June 20, 2024, the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) sent out more than 193,000 vacation pay cheques to workers in the Québec construction industry. A total of more than $647 million was distributed.
In 2023, economic activity in the part of the construction industry subject to Act R-20 slowed slightly but remained above the 200 million-hours-worked mark. Despite this slowdown, the total value of disbursements increased by close to 5% over the previous summer’s figure of $617 million.
As we know, the employers pay monthly contributions to the CCQ for paid statutory holidays and vacations, as set out in the collective agreements. These amounts represent 13% of the salary earned by workers during each work week (vacations, statutory holidays, and sick leave). The amounts paid in were accumulated in the Fonds d’indemnités de congés annuels obligatoires et de jours fériés chômés, which is administered by the CCQ, between July and December 2023.
This year, the annual summer holiday in the construction industry will take place from Sunday, July 21, to Saturday, August 3, 2024.
Table of amounts paid out as vacation pay for annual obligatory vacation and paid statutory holidays
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2023 |
2024 |
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Administrative region* |
Number of cheques and direct deposit |
Amount paid out |
Number of cheques and direct deposit |
Amount paid out** |
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Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
3 450 |
10 903 598,37 $ |
3 476 |
11 110 515,24 $ |
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Bas-Saint-Laurent–Gaspésie |
7182 |
23 303 034,80 $ |
7 208 |
25 108 225,56 $ |
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Côte-Nord |
2 595 |
9 229 328,35 $ |
2 629 |
9 911 615,05 $ |
| Estrie | 8 282 | 24 167 554,03 $ | 8 222 | 24 799 567,14 $ |
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Île de Montréal |
18 463 | 51 644 325,01 $ | 18 947 | 54 731 765,73 $ |
| Laval–Laurentides–Lanaudière | 51 067 | 166 413 152,67 $ | 51 207 | 174 188 756,57 $ |
| Mauricie–Bois-Francs | 12 756 | 40 840 673,44 $ | 13 103 | 44 284 856,55 $ |
| Montérégie | 41 081 | 135 252 383,18 $ | 40 679 | 140 981 031,15 $ |
| Outaouais | 6 896 | 17 447 133,19 $ | 7 004 | 18 656 674,82 $ |
| Québec | 32 402 | 109 763 623,77 $ | 32 375 | 113 973 454,81 $ |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | 8 348 | 27 854 492,80 $ | 8 215 | 29 406 439,48 $ |
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Total provincial |
192 522 |
616 819 299,61 $ |
193 065 |
647 152 902,10 $ |
* Here, the regions indicate the region of residence of the recipients.
** The amounts paid out were accumulated in the Fonds d’indemnités de congés annuels obligatoires et de jours fériés chômés between July and December 2023. This fund is administered by the CCQ, and the contributions that must be paid in are determined by the collective agreements.
